Bryn Morgan Evans
Dare 2 Believe
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out now
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Available at:
Torre Records, Torquay
Solo Records, Exeter
Phoenix Records, Newton Abbot
Bryn's Album is out!!!
Get "Dare 2 Believe" by Mail Order at:
www.mark1records.com
Bryn Morgan Evans sadly passed away Friday December 22 2006
Wish You Were Here
Bryn was an extraordinarly talanted musician who wrote beautiful songs from
his heart.
The words portray the events in his life and voice and guitar
convey the passion and the love he felt so strongly.
He was an accomplished
songwriter who crafted his songs beautifully and lived every note.
He called
his songs "his
baby's"
"i had half a dozen teary eyed souls come to me after i came off stage,
now, my songs are honest testaments to the exact feeling i felt when i wrote
them"
(the White Feather festival Aug 12 2006)
Bryn's music will live on and these songs will
be part of his legacy
Special thanks to Ree De Lacey for bringing Bryn to Mark 1 Records and helping in the the process of getting this album completed. Your love and work will not be forgotten.
Bryn Morgan Evans,
My autobiography
birth in 1972 in exeter, devon.
i started playing my guitar when I was 7.
my dad, glyn evans was in a semi-pro country band called stringband back then
in 79.
stringbands front man was called john forsey. his youngest daughter is called
deena.
deena & i formed the duo 2nd generation (bme=guitar/vox/musical arranger,
deena=vox) in 1982 (ish) & we used to fill in stringbands breaks.
i won my first award with deena back in 1987 for being the best new-comers
to the souwestern country music scene.
it was also about 19 years ago that i first sang live on the radio. (back then
it was devonair, mr kevin kane was working for them at this time.)
we evolved into a 5 piece outfit that we named
albany.
deena (vox),
daren (bass guitar),
duncan (lead guitar/pedal steel guitar),
julian (drums), and
bme (vox/acoustic guitar/drum machine programmer/musical arranger).
we had a lot of work, i had my 1st taste of the english riviera then with a
3 year summer season spot at the rainbow hotel,
belgrave road, tq.
It was with albany that i had my 1st experience of
studio work by recording
welcome to albany,
in tricky sounds studios, 1988 (part of the exeter arts centre).
deena & i progressed from albany to join our fathers in stringband and
thats when we turned professional. we toured anywhere & everywhere, from
thurso in the most northerly part of scotland, to the isle of wight!
great fun!
i actually self taught myself keyboard before I joined dad to add that bit
extra to the sound.
was interviewed by john peel whilst we were on the road as he did a series
on radio4 about life in a family band.
with stringband I recorded the cassette can I do my song now?
my job was musical direction and programming.
we ended up as a 4 piece outfit, deena, her dad john, my dad glyn and me.
this was about the time that the 1st ever minidiscs were around,
i recorded the drums and most of the keyboard parts which freed me up to play
the lead guitar parts.
appeared on the tsw program called live from rosie ogradys with joe brown and
the brothers.
I stayed with my dad for a few years before I got a call from
mr bj curtis.
I then joined his band
(well it was a trio) with bj playing lead guitar and taking lead vox, his brother
jim played acoustic and harmonica and sang too, then there was me ..board
and vocals.
It was with bj and jim that I had the privilege to appear on the bbcs pebble
mill at one with martina mcbride and
the mavericks,
as we won southern countrys best new-comers award.
we ended up being a 5 piece again with bjs youngest brother tim and mr paul
sayers the drummer extroadinaire!
the demise of this band saw bj curtis going solo and my 1st ever band being
born,
100% proof.
100% proof.
paul sayers on drums and lead/harmony vocals,
andy scott on bass and lead/harmony vocals,
mr scott orchard on fiddle/dobro/acoustic lead and lead/harmony vocals
(SCOTT WHERE ARE YOU?)
and yours truly on acoustic guitar, keyboards lead/harmony vocals.
each member of the band was more than able to take lead vocals so thats what
we did. our agent (lyn jones @ chelsea artists) could never come to terms
that I never appointed anyone to be a boss,
Its how I work, we are all the same!
we are all the same!
working out 4 part harmony was heavenly.
we enjoyed more than a few years winning awards and living the rock & roll
lifestyle!
it was with 100% proof that i was approached by ian brown ( not of stone roses
fame!) to vocally arrange and perform some of his songs on an album recorded
in bournemouth.
the album was called
not all cowboys live in texas
(i actually received a cassette tape of the songs we were due to record, in
a glaswiegian front room about 3 days prior to recording.)
paul, scott and andy all refused to have anything to do with it!
i told them it would be fine!
of course it was!
my favourite track from the album was track 2
everytime you cross my mind
(will poss try and get a copy put on this site!).
i very much enjoyed how we could turn peoples heads and push the boundaries
of what turned out to be a very stifling scene.
100% proof ended with an on-stage fight in guildford.
were you there?
hmmm
rock and roll!
oh, its also with this band that I emptied an entire club over in norfolk
(sorry trish!)
(how jolly nice of them!)
so i went back to exeter.
holy smoke
was my last incarnation on the british country music scene, it saw scott be
replaced by
mr roger d davenport on lead guitar.
amazing musician!
holy smoke
ended up as a trio with a drum machine, and our life on the road ended 4 years
ago at fort san antone (great birchwood country park, near blackpool)..
is a long story!
all I need say really is shandy booze!
before we split we did manage to record a cd which we imaginatively called
holy smoke
it was recorded in andy and debbies front room, live onto minidisc.
for the last 4 years I have been punting my own wares around the beautiful
english riviera.
i am yet to sing a cover at an open mic night!
and that is what i am getting known for down here.
it is from performing at the lime trees open mic that I encountered my 1st
lot of managers!
boy did I learn a lot with them.
i only stayed with them for little over 3 months before
i had to bid them farewell!
It smiles me to have evoked the comment.,
trying to manage you bryn,
must be like trying to manage a small weather system!
(mr ren undecided june 06)
and so here i am today!
on your computer!
and hopefully soon on your ipod!
(is that what theyre called??)
this is only possible as
(thro my angel, ree de lacy)
i have met mr mark emery.
mark is the brains behind the new machine a superb
pink floyd tribute band,
mark is also the owner and a&r man for
mark 1 records,
who I have recently signed to.
it is the work that we do in headlands studios,
the lincolms, tq,
that you will eventually hear on this, and other sites on this wonder-web thing!
the next band that I will be promoting will be
the dancing lepers
and we are being born as you read this.
mark, ree and i are approaching each one of my songs differently.
some will have a full band,
others may just be acoustic and saxophone etc!
very exciting time for me indeed.
so here we are again,
back to today.
i do hope you enjoy
my interpretations,
my musications!
the brynification
of my life!
i can only write what is true to me.
i find it frustrating and tiresome writing fantasy,
what may be. therefore i choose not to do such things.
till very recently my songs have only existed for me,
sat on my knees on my bed,
they (may sound strange)
they are my own therapy!
i love singing my songs as each time I sing them i get to someplace else!
i have been on a journey and a half .
of which i wouldnt change one single thing,
for if one nano-second was different i would not be the person i am now!
i have written songs about
my ex-wife,
my little boy,
5 ex-boyfriends! ha ha, seems like a lot!
God!
love,
hope,
despair,
life really,
my dad.
to date i have about 30 songs
and a million more ideas!
my songs are my very precious babies!
If you like them i humbly ask you to pass me onto your friends and help me
make and break records with mark 1!
musically and lyrically i own the copy write to all of the songs that will
appear on this site, as i was the one that wrote them.
(Bryn was recording an album for Mark 1 Records at Headland studos in Torquay
with Mark Emery producing. Ten Tracks were completed)
i look forward to hearing your opinions.
it would be wonderful to know if i strike a chord somewhere within you.
remember,
be AMAZING!
coz you are!
god bless
bryn morgan evans
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